Websites covering several topics of interest to parents:
Canadian Paediatric Society is the national association of pediatricians and provides a range of information on many children’s health topics.
Caring for Kids is designed to provide parents with information about their child’s health and well-being. The site is developed by the Canadian Pediatric Society.
HealthyChildren.org published by the American Academy of Pediatrics is a parenting web site backed by 60,000 pediatricians committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) provides provincial and national leadership in public health through surveillance, detection, treatment, prevention and consultation services.
HealthLink BC provides fact sheets on over 180 health and safety topics. Translations available. Or call 811.
KidsHealth is part of The Nemours Foundation’s Center for Children’s Health Media. KidsHealth provides families with perspective, advice, and comfort about a wide range of physical, emotional, and behavioral issues that affect children and teens.
About Kids Health from the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children provides a lot of unbiased and evidence-based information including A-Z of illnesses, operations, etc for parents. About Kids Health believes that all children deserve the best possible opportunity for a healthy, full childhood; and that the internet is an extraordinary tool that offers a unique opportunity to support better pediatric health in both advantaged and vulnerable populations in Canada and world-wide.
The purpose of the Family Support Institute is to strengthen and support families faced with the extraordinary circumstances that come with having a family member who has a disability. They believe that families are the best resource available to support one another. Directed by families, the Family Support Institute provides information, training, and province-wide networking to assist families and their communities to build upon and share their strengths.
Decoda Literacy Solutions is the provincial literacy organization. Parents are their children’s first and most important teachers. Early reading and thinking skills are learned at home. Support materials for parents can be found on this site.
Provincial Infant Development Programs.
BC Children’s Hospital mental health services – information on infant, child, and youth mental health in-patient and out-patient programs.
The Gender-Affirming Roadmap for Patients and their Families provides information about the different services and resources that may be considered at various points during the process of exploring one’s gender identity or transitioning.
Cost of Medications – Prescription medication costs can be kept affordable by several methods; click here information on how PharmaCare makes decisions. All families registered with the Medical Services Plan (MSP) should complete their Fair PharmaCare application which sets your personal level of coverage based on family income.
Social Relationships and Friendships – Some children face a variety of challenges in developing positive social skills including the ability to make friends. Our Social Relationships & Friendships Brochure helps prepare parents for a successful conversation with their child’s teacher or other educational professional. Here’s a Social Relationships & Friendships Tip Sheet to help parents of children with significant social/emotional challenges.
Common and uncommon diseases parents ask their pediatricians about: